Printed on the plate
“Semipalmated Sandpiper”
Totanus semipalmatus
Engraved caption: Semipalmated Sandpiper Totanus semipalmatus (Temm.)
The printed name is now eBird's name for another bird: Semipalmated Sandpiper.
Modern identification
Tringa semipalmata
- Certain
- Checked against the engraved caption
- Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae
Why
Totanus semipalmatus Temm. = Willet. Trap: Gould's English 'Semipalmated Sandpiper' is not today's C. pusilla
Sources
General List (vol. I); engraved caption on the leaf; crosswalk
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature & on stone by J. & E. Gould.Printed by C. Hullmandel.
- John Gould drew and lithographed
- Elizabeth Gould drew and lithographed
- Charles Joseph Hullmandel printed
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
